Envelop holding and feeding attachment for type-writers.



R. D. GOULD.

ENVELOP HOLDING AND FEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR TYPE WRITERS. APPLICATION FILED NOV.18,1913.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

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RIVER, OREGON, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 FLORENCE P.

GOULD AND 0NEHALF TO DE FOREST GOULD, OF HOOD ENVELOP HOLDING AND FEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR RIVER, onneon.

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Application filed November is, 1913. Serial m1 T 0 all wit 0m it 122 ug concern Be it known that I, ROLAND D. GOULD, citizen of the. United States, residing at Hood River, in the county of Hood River and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelop Holding and Feeding Attachments for Type-VVriters, of which the following is a specification.

1y invention relates to typewriter attachments, and particularly to an envelop holder or basket for typewriting machines.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an attachment adapted to contain. ted to be a quantity of envelops and adap mounted on a typewriter machine and so constructed that when actuated the machine will feed an envelop into place on the platen of a typewriter.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a basket provided with means whereby a quantity of envelops in the holder will be constantly fed or urged toward the feeding end of the holder.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a basket so formed that it may be adapted for use for envelops of different sizes.

attached to or detached from the paper table of a typewriting machine.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means whereby the feeding rollers which urge the envelops toward the feeding end of the basket or holder may be easily removed or replaced.

A further object of the invention is the provision of su porting means adapted to be engaged wit1 the upper surface of the paper table of a typewriter, such means hemg so formed as not to injure the finish of the machine.

Gther objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved envelop holder shown in connection with a typewriting machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the im rored holder. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view Specification of Letters Patent.

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broken away to show certain details of c011-v struction.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to these figures, it will be seen that my improved attachment comprises a holder or basket, as it may be termed, rectangular in form and constructed of a front plate 2, a rear plate 3, and a plurality of longitudinally extending side bars 4, which are spaced upon each other. Preferably there are two of these side bars, superposed with relation to each other at each end of the basket. Each side bar is longitudinally grooved upon its inner face, and preferably the side bars 4 are formed the upper and lower margins of which are inwardly turned as at 5, so as to leave an inwardly extending slot 6. One of the inwardly turned margins, as for instance the margin 5 is shorter than the opposite margin 5, for a purpose to be later stated. The bottom of the basket, or holder, is preferably formed of longitudinally extending bars 7 which bars are attached to the rear plate 3, but are not attached to the forward plate 2, are preferably formed, as illustrated in Fig. 3, with inwardly turned margins 8, clamping between them a rubber cushioning strip 9.

The front plate 2 18 formed with a barrel 10, this barrel being longitudinally slotted upon diametrically opposite faces as at 11. lVithin the barrel is disposed a coil compressed spring 12 which bears at its lower end against a plug 13 whichrfits the lower end of the barrel 10 and constitutes the means whereby the spring may be inserted or removed. The upper end of the barrel is closed at 14 and disposed within the barrel and resting upon the spring is a slide 15, which preferably has the shape of the barrel and is of suflicient length as to be capable of moving steadily within the barrel, Attached to or formed with the slide 15 and projecting out through the front slot 11 is a push button or finger-piece 16. The slide 15 is formed with a neck 17 which projects out through the slot formed in the rear wall of the barrel 10, and attached to the slide in any suitable manner and extending transversely of the holder and bearing against of sheet metal,

the inner face of the plate 2 is a feed bar 18, the upper and lower edges of which are beveled. By bearing downward upon the push button 16 this feed bar 18 may be caused to be moved downward against the force of the sprin 12, but when the push button is re lease the bar will be carried upward to the upper end of the barrel. xtending transversely across the basket or holder is an upper roller 19 and a lower roller 20. The ends of these rollers are annularly cut away as at 21 so as to leave heads 22. These heads engage behind the margins 5 and 5 of the bars 4 and roll upon the marns 5 of these bars as upon a track. The slot 6 is of such width as to permit the rollers 19and 20 to roll freely downward toward the front end of the device. The side bars 4 and the bottom bar 7 are inclined upward and rearward, as illustrated in Fig. 1 and thus gravity will cause the rollers 19 and 20 to roll toward the front of the ma-- chine. These rollers 19 and 20 constitute feed rollers or followers bearing against the envelo disposed within the basket or holder an urging them toward the front plate 2 and into position to beengaged by the feed bar 18.

' removed may close the casing or turned up to The front plate and the rear plate are both formed with openings 23 adapted to receive guide bars 24. These guide bars are for the purpose of forming guides between which relatively short envelops may be placed and guided. Preferably the side bars 4 are spaced from each other a distance to receive between them envelops of commercial size, that is, 91} inches long by 4 inches wide, and the holes 23 are so disposed that the rods 24 when put in position will be spacedapart a distance suiiicient forholding small sized envelops such as onvelops 61 x 3%. It will of course be understood that the holder may be made of any desired size adapted to hold any particular style of envelop. lhese rods 24 are removable from the perforations 23 and when be contained. within a casing 25 formed by turning over the up or en of the plate 3. This casing is close at one end and the other end has a lid or door 26 adapted to be turned down in position to permit the withdrawal of the rods 24.

Whilel do not wish to limit myself to this speoiai means for supporting the holder upon a typewriter, l have shown for this purpose the holder as formed with oppositely disposed bolts 27. Bee of these bolts is formed with a handle 28 weighted at its outer end. These bolts are each mounted within a tubular barrel 29, his barrel being preferably formed with a bayonet slot 30 and each bolt being provided with a pin 31 operating within this slot. The bolts are spaced tromthe plane of the lower faces oi ing 33 so thatthe device may .ward the lowest portion of thebars 7 sufiiciently to permit the bars 7 to rest upon the upper face of the paper table 32 of the typewriter and with the bolts engaging beneath the paper table. The holder is so formed that when the bolts are engaged beneath the upper end of the paper table, the discharge opening 33 of the holder will come in line with the space behind the platen 31 of the typewriter and in front of the guide roller 35, if one is used.

It is to be noted tends to hold the pin 31 in the angular path of the bayonet slot 30 and hold the bolt in its projected position. It is only by lifting the arm 28 that the pin 31 may be disengaged from the slot and the bolt retracted. Thus the bolts are normally held locked in position beneath the paper table.

For the purpose of providing means for adjustably regulating the width of the openfeeding envelops of various thicknesses, I provide the members-'36, shown in Fig. 2, which fit in the slots formed by the overturned members- 8 at the forward ends of the bars 7. These members 36 are simply inserted in the lower ends of the bars 7 and may be shifted nearer to or farther from the forward wall 2 of the holder. As the extremities of the members 36 are downwardly and rearwardly turned they provide rounded surfaces over which may readily pass and will not impede the downward passage of the envelop. In order to cushion the shock and jar incident to the downward movement of the slide '15 and the slide 15 with the upper end of the slide casing 10 I mount upon the plug 13 the pin 37 which at its upper end is formed with a socket to receive a cushioning plug 38. It willbe seen that inasmuch as this pin 37 is mounted upon the plug 13, the downward limit of movement of the slide 15 may be readily adjusted by adjusting the plug 13. The upper end of the slide 15 is formed with a cushion 39 of rubber or like cushioning material so as to deaden the impact of the slide 15 with the upper end of the casing 11' when the slide 15 moves upward under the action of the spring 12.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The envelops are placed upside down in the holder with the flaps disposed in front and extending upward. lhe upper rollers or feed rollers 19 will gravitate tothe holder and thus urge the envelops toward the front of the machine. Now when it is desired to address an envelop the push button 16 is depressed, which carries down bar 18, causing the envelops to be fed downward through the opening 33 into the space between the members 3% and 35. As soon as pressure upon the ush button 16 is released, the spring wi cause the slide 15 to that the weighted arm 28' I with it the be adapted for r move upward to a position where the feed bar 18 may again engage with the succeeding envelop. As the cnvelops are discharged from the holder the rollers 19 and 20 will feed the envelops forward. If it is desired to use a smaller sized envelop the guide rods ill are disposed in the perforations 23, as before explained. It will be noted that this holder is quickly attachable or detachable from any ordinary machine and inasmuch as the bolts 27 only engage beneath the shield 82 of the holder may be shifted into such position as to bring the envelop accuratel Y over the point of intersection of the rol ers 3% and 35. It will be noted that the bars 4 not only act as guide bars for the rollers 19, but that they also form the sides of the holder or basket. Inasmuch as the bottom of the basket is formed by the bars T, and these bars carry cushions upon their under faces, it is obvious that the holder will not scratch or mar the surface of the shield upon which the. holder is mounted.

It will be seen thatthe operation of feeding envelops to the platen is very sim lo and :hat the envelops, if desired, may be ed in ra aid succession.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is i l. A typewriter attachment comprising an envelop holder, longitudinal downwardly inclined members on the envelop holder forming the sides thereof and forming tracks, feed rollers or followers mounted upon the said tracks and gravitating toward the lower ends of the tracks, and means at the forward end of the holder for feeding envelops downward through the bottom of the holder.

2. An attachment for typewriters comprising an envelop holder adapted to be disposed upon the typewriter above the platen thereof and including a front wall, downwardly inclined bottom bars and downwardly and forwardly inclined side bars, gravity-actuated followers mounted upon the side bars of the holder and means for feedin envelops downward through the bottom 0 the holder.

3. An attachment for typewriters comprising an envelop holder adapted to be disposed upon a t pewriter above the platen thereof and including a front wall, a rear wall, a downwardly and forwardly inclined bottom and downwardly and forwardly inclined side bars, the margins of the side bars being over turned upon the inside face themof to form tracks, the bottom of the holder being formed with a transversely extending feed slot at its forward end, ravity actuated follower rollers mounted in said tracks and means for feeding envelop's throu 31 said slot.

4. in attachment for typewriters comprising an envelop holder adapted to be disposed upon a typewriter above the platen thereof and having" a feed opening in its bottom at its forward end, the front wall of the holder being slotted, a slotted barrel mounted on the front wall, a spring disposed in the barrel, a slide disposed in the barrel, :1 feed bar disposed on the inside of the front wall and connected to said slide, and a push button mounted on the slide and projectingthrough the front wall of the said barrel.

5. An attachment for typewriters com prising an envelop holder having a front wall and a discharge slot co-incident with the inner face of the front wall, a barrel mountedon the front face of the front wall and having a slot openingiupon the inner face of the front wall,'and a diametrically opposed slot, a'removable plug in the bottom of the barrel, a spring resting upon said plug, a slide in the barrel engaged by the spring, a feed bar disposed upon the inner face of the front wall and connected to said slide through saidslot, a button upon the outer face of the barrel connected to said slide through the second-named slot, and means for detachably clamping the holder upon the typewriter.

6. An attachment for typewriters comprising an envelop holder adapted to be disposed upon a typewriter above the platen thereof and to rest upon the paper table of the typewriter, said holder having a bottom formed of longitudinally extending strips having inwardly bent margins, cushions mounted upon the bottom of the strips and held in place by said margins, means for feeding envelops toward the forward end of the holder, and means for discharging envelops one by one through a feed opening in the bottom of the holder.

7. An envelop holder for ty ewriters havin a front wall, a rear wal and spaced si es, and a bottom, the bottom being formed with a feed opening adjacent the forward wall of the holder, means for urging envelops alon the holder toward the feed opening, and auxiliary guide bars adapted to be disposed longitudinally in said holder parallel to the permanent sides to guide envelops along the'holder shorter in length than the distance between said side bars.

8. An attachment for typewriters comprising an envelop holder adapted to be disposed on the ty ewriter above the platen thereof, said ho] er having a bottom formed of longitudinally extending strips having downwardly and inwardly bent margins, said strips extending from the rear wall nearly to the front wall of the holder, and members having downwardly curved terminal ends received between the mar ins of the strips and adjustable toward an from the front wall to thereby regulate the size of the feed opening.

attachment for typewritersecmr slide, a cushioning member disposed in the prising an envelop holder adapted to be dislower end of the barrel and receiving the posed on the typewriter above the platen impact of the slide on its downward move- 15 thereof and having front and rear wells, ment, and' means for cushioning the impact 5 ends bottom having a ieedopening eo-ina of the slide against the upper end ofthe cident wlth the front wall, a vertical barrel barrel. disposed in the front wall, a slide in the In testimony whereof I alfix my signature barrel, :2, spring in the barrel-urging said in presence of two witnesses.

slide 11 Ward, 'a, feed her operating on the OLANDD. G0 [1,. 5.] 1e inside ace of the front wall and operatively Witnesses:

connected to said slide, a pnsh button on the E. L. SCOBEE,

outer face oi the barrel and connected to the J. G. oe'r. 

